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Web Resources for
Creating Professional  Development for Educators





"Must Have" Sites and Articles
Videos
National Staff Development Council
SEDL Articles  ~ SUPERB Articles
Principles of Adult Learning
Roger  Heimstra's Site

A-Z List of free SEDL Publications 270 Resources
Smart Teaching   Free Newsletters

Transforming Professional Development ~ USDOE 1995.  Have things changed or do these principles still hold true today?

Creating Effective Environments for Adult Learners  Great Advice for
FACE-to-FACE Sessions especially Chapter 5
Middle School Math Videos  (VA DOE)

Math VIDS 1 & 2  (VA DOE Elem PD Resource)

The Mission & Principles of Professional Development  US DOE

Annenburg 
Edutopia Video Collection

Teacher 2 Teacher Collection
Teacher 2 Teacher Initiative  Presentations & Session Materials








Brain Based Research Online Books
  1.  How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies.
  2. Articles on Brain based Education
  3.  Mind Brain Education
  4. Brain Based Research
  5. Brain-based Learning Design Principles
  6. Brain-Based Learning  (From Teacher Tap)
  7. Classroom Compass: Learning and the Brain
  8. brainconnection The Brain and LearningResearch, Brain Science, Learning and the Brain, Brain Based Teaching
  9. Misunderstood Minds PBS
  10. NICHCY Web Resource Page Learning and the Brain
  11. Brain Research Sheds New Light on Student Learning, Teaching Strategies, and Disabilities
  12. Teaching Every Student  in the Digital Age ~ Brain Research
  13. Smart Teaching Using Brain Research and Data to Continuously Improve Learning
  14. Brain Research: Implicatons for Second Language Learners
  15. Jensen Learning Corporation  free newsletter & resources
  16. Implications of Brain Research for Teaching Adolescents
  17. SEDL - SCIMAST Classroom Compass
  18. LD Online
  19. Misunderstood Minds
  20. Internet Resources for Special Children

  1. Studying Classroom Teaching as a Medium for Professional Development: Proceedings of a U.S.- Japan Workshop
  2. Helping Children Learn Mathematics
  3. Improving Mathematics Education: Resources for Decision Making
  4. Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics
  5. Science for All Children: A Guide to Improving Elementary Science Education in Your School District
  6. Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning
  7. How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice
  8. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
  9. Reshaping School Mathematics: A Philosophy and Framework for Curriculum
  10. Toward Excellence in K-8 Mathematics
  11. How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom
  12. Keeping Score for All: The Effects of Inclusion and Accommodation Policies on Large-Scale Educational Assessment
  13. Individualizing Instruction: Making Learning Personal, Empowering, and Successful by
  14. Creating Effective Environments for Adult Learners
  15. Keeping Score for All: The Effects of Inclusion and Accommodation Policies on Large-Scale Educational Assessment
  16. Educating One and All: Students with Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform
  17. Mathematical and Scientific Development in Early Childhood: A Workshop Summary
  18. Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
  19. Ready, Set, Science!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms

Ideas For
Independent  or Collaborative PD
Implementation Ideas & Advice
National Humanities Center
The Teacher Professional Development Program provides online texts and inquiry strategies out of which K-12 teachers, collaborating with local college or university professors, can create their own interdisciplinary summer seminars in American history and literature, from the National Humanities Center.
No Greater Calling  PBS– Lots of Resources
Suite 101
Concept to Classroom Workshop Series
      Explore new ideas in education with Concept to Classroom, an 11-part workshop series on educational theory. Thorough and easy to use, these award-winning courses consist of expert-developed content, teacher suggestions, expert interviews, videos, and so much more. Browse through topics like multiple intelligences, standards, and assessment at your own pace.
Concept to Classroom Workshop Resources
Edutopia Instructional Modules
Edutopia Home
EduHound
Thinkfinity (Formerly Marco-Polo)
SEDL Articles  ~ SUPERB Articles
SEDL Professional Development Article

EDTechLeadersOnline.org
Excellent Resource and Advice for Creating Professional Development

EDTechLeadersOnline ~ Catalog
           A great source of ideas

IDEAS from Arkansas
Tapped In
Finding Time for Professional Development

Online Staff Development Lessons Learned

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Developers ~Participants~Facilitators

Teacher 2 Teacher Initiative  Use these Session Materials
Mathematics Resources
Technology Resource
                 Mathematics 

Mathline Video Lessons From PBS
Math VIDS 1 & 2  (VA DOE Elem PD Resource)
Middle School Math Videos  (VA DOE)

Mathematics Resources  From the VA DOE
      Elementary, Middle, and High
     Check out the Printable Resources &

NCTM E-examples
Illuminations Interactive Grades 6-8
Illuminations Interactive Grades 3-5
PBS Interactive Tools


                            Reading

Reading Rockets
Question Answer Response (QAR) Strategy
Additional QAR Materials
            Story Site (upper elementary and middle)
            Highlights Site

Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
Best Practices in Phonological Awareness
Best Practices in Teaching Phonics
Best Practices in Teaching for Fluency
Online Literature Resource

   PowerPoint
     Word
    Outlook 2003
  Microsoft Access
  Publisher
  Excel
  INFOPATH

Parent~Community Involvement
Teacher Leaders & Administators
Harvard Family Research Project

Johns Hopkins Links

 




Differentiation Resources

Becoming a Technoconstructivist
Are You a Technoconstructivist?

Constructivism @ EducationWorld 5 Articles

ASCD  In the Publications Section, click books and search by author or topic. 

America Association of School Administrators  AASA
Teacher Leadership ~ Switching Roles  article
Teacher Leadership Today   Online Newsletter
NEA National Education Association
AFT  American Federation of Teachers